LAURALEE CHRISTMAN, of Syracuse, has been hired as a clinical coordinator at Home Aides of Central New York. She will coordinate client schedules. She is a licensed practical nurse with more than 20 years of experience in health care. She is a graduate of the Herkimer County Board of Cooperative Educational Services.

THOMAS W. BROWN, a financial adviser with Blue Water Capital Management, of Syracuse, completed the program to be designated a chartered retirement plans specialist.

DONALD MILLS has been hired at the Syracuse branch of AXA Advisors LLC. Mills, of Oswego, will help people, including business owners, define their financial goals and help achieve them. Mills worked for 20 years as a science teacher and administrator. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and Rowan University.

JOHN HUNTER has been named director of financial technology in the Madden School of Business atLe Moyne College. He will lead the trading room and associated technologies, develop the investment center curriculum and support student development activities. Hunter has more than 13 years of experience in the financial services industry and 18 years of international management experience. He is a graduate of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, based in Glendale, Ariz.

MAYADEH SOUSOU has been hired as an executive recruiter, specializing in placing accounting and finance professionals, at C.R. Fletcher Associates Inc., of Syracuse. Sousou has more than four years of accounting experience. He worked as a senior tax associate with KPMG LLP and as an associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. A native of Syracuse, she is a graduate of Syracuse University.

MIRANDA TRAUDT has been promoted to program director at the Schweinfurth Art Center, in Auburn. Traudt is a graduate of Pratt Institute and Syracuse University. She has been administrative coordinator at the art center since 2011 and is an adjunct instructor at Onondaga Community College. Traudt succeeds Allison Mitura, who joined the American Heart Association, in Syracuse, as event coordinator.

KAREN S. SOUTHWICK has been named a partner the Olinsky Law Group, in Syracuse. Southwick’s primary practice areas are Social Security disability and long-term disability cases in federal court. She is the lead attorney for the firm’s Federal Court Practice Group, which handles only disability cases in federal court. Southwick serves on the board of trustees for the Federal Court Bar Association for the Northern District of New York. Southwick was a law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe for the Northern District of New York. She is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, where she was lead articles editor of the Syracuse Law Review.

M. PAUL MAHALICK has been named a partner at Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC. Mahalick, of Syracuse, has been with the firm for 16 years and practices in fiduciary and not-for-profit tax return preparation for individuals, partnerships and corporations. His experience includes international taxation of athletes and corporations, equine operations, real estate, telecommunications, veterinary practices, bankruptcy and entity restructuring. Mahalick is a member of the board of directors of the Syracuse Invitational Sport Horse Tournament Inc. and an adjunct professor of accounting and taxation at the State University College at Oswego. He also taught at LeMoyne College. He is a graduate of Oswego State.

JASON C. HALPIN has been hired as an associated in the Syracuse office of Hiscock & Barclay LLP. He will concentrate his practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation. He is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and Syracuse University. He served on the Onondaga County Bar Association’s Volunteers Lawyers Project, and he is a member of the Federal Court Bar Association and the Onondaga County Bar Association. He was an associate at Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece P.C., and he worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Glenn T. Suddaby.

Dr. THOMAS GRADY JR., a board-certified cardiologist, has joined the medical staff of Oswego Hospital. He has more than 14 years of experience. Affiliated with SJH Cardiology Associates, Grady has an office in suite 270 of the Oswego Health Services Center. Grady is a graduate of the College of Holy Cross, in Worcester, Mass., and Tufts University School of Medicine. He served in the Navy, where he completed his first internship. He completed residency at Duke University Medical Center. He fulfilled his fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

MATT READ has been hired as senior marketing services manager at Eric Mower & Associates. He is responsible for new-business development in EMA’s seven markets. Read, of Syracuse, has more than 12 years of marketing experience; he was marketing director at EarQ PPC and Marietta Corp. He received the Central New York Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Award. He is a graduate of Hartwick College.

PETER HOTCHKISS has been promoted to director of information Hiscock & Barclay LLP. Hotchkiss has been with Hiscock & Barclay since 1999. He was the firm’s network manager.

ZACHARY R. BENJAMIN has been named a partner at Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein P.C. Benjamin, of Skaneateles, practices business, tax, estate planning, real estate and agriculture law. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and the State University at Buffalo School of Law.

Note: A previous version of this story misspelled LauraLee Christman's name in the headline. Her name has since been corrected.